Dragon looked somewhat dazed, but his eyes soon lit up with interest.
"I have to say."
He extended his shackled hand and clasped Xia Le's with a smack.
"I'm very interested!"
Under the sunlight, the two large hands gripped each other tightly.
Xia Le smiled.
Dragon felt a little disoriented. He could still vaguely remember their brief conversation in storm-battered Loguetown all those years ago.
Back then, Xia Le had said something.
"There are too many kings in this world!"
That undoubtedly spoke of his immense ambition, making his goal of becoming King of the World abundantly clear.
For more than twenty years, both of them had worked toward their respective goals and achieved successes of their own.
Now, they had met again, and the paths they had each held to had clashed.
Clearly, Dragon had lost.
Garp stood there in a daze, unable to process what had happened.
Only after a long while did he come to his senses, as though waking from a dream.
He stared blankly at Xia Le.
"You... you're going to join forces with Dragon?"
Xia Le nodded and said with a smile, "Yes. The only difference between us is the path we chose."
"But our goal is the same!"
"The World Government is our target."
"That includes Luffy, Ace, Whitebeard, who's locked up in Impel Down, and the others."
"In truth, perhaps all of us share a common goal in our hearts."
As he spoke, he walked toward the bow, facing the sea breeze as he gazed out over the vast ocean ahead.
"What exactly is ONE PIECE?"
"What story do the mysterious words inscribed on the Poneglyphs scattered across the world actually tell?"
"Does history matter?"
"It does, and yet it doesn't!"
"We simply need to glimpse tomorrow's world through it!"
"A brand-new